Showing posts with label Colmar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colmar. Show all posts

Friday, June 20, 2014

Colmar to Freiburg im Breisgau

This is for all the people who cannot find information about public transportation from Colmar to Freiburg, Germany, on the Internet.

Colmar's Claims to Fame

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

                      - Emma Lazarus

What has become the symbol of freedom in America, the Statue of Liberty, was built by a Frenchman named Bartholdi who grew up in this house, now a museum, in Colmar. 


Thursday, June 19, 2014

Farmers' Market Day

The market in Colmar has been in existence since 1863, with part of it permanently housed in a building called Les Halles, while the rest is open air.  It was sited here, near the canals, so farmers could deliver their produce using  flat-bottomed boats.